[Mortality trends in persons younger than 15 years of age. Spain, 1980-1993].
OBJECTIVE
To find the pattern of mortality in people between 1 and 14 years old and how this evolved between 1980 and 1993.


METHODS
A descriptive, epidemiological study.


METHODS
State-wide study of mortality.


METHODS
The source of information were the vital statistics published by the National Institute of Statistics. The mortality statistics for the XVII groups of illnesses in the ninth ICD and the evolution of the main causes responsible.


RESULTS
The rate of mortality in 1993 was 24.76 per 10(5) (C.I. 95%, 23.55-25.97). The main causes of death were: malign tumours (4.17 per 10(5); C.I. 95%, 3.67-4.67), traffic accidents (3.56 per 10(5); C.I. 95%, 3.10-4.02) and congenital anomalies (3.1 per 10(5); C.I. 95%, 2.67-3.53). The highest rates were for the 1 to 4 years old period (39.38 per 10(5); C.I. 95%, 36.30-42.46), in which congenital anomalies predominated (7.67 per 10(5); C.I. 95%, 6.31-9.03). Between 1980 and 1993 mortality fell for all age and sex groups, and for all the large groups of diseases except group III, which increased by 44.5%.


CONCLUSIONS
Children between 1 and 14 years old have a low mortality rate, which is evolving constantly over time both in frequency and in its main determining causes. Mortality fell considerably in recent years for almost all diseases.
Valero Juan
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Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca.
Sáenz González
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain
Evolución de la mortalidad en menores de 15 años. España, 1980-1993.